Everything the Giants gained with last week’s victory over Detroit they gave right back in this horrible failure against the Vikings. Down 24-7 at the half, I honestly felt the Giants would make a comeback. Good teams come back in these instances. The Giants are not a good team. The thing is, they should be better with their talent level, but Sunday’s game makes you really scratch your head. Like Minnesota, Chicago, Detroit, Philly, Arizona, and Washington, they are an average team. Throw all these teams in a bag and pick two for the wildcard and you get the same thing: a team that is just about 8-8 and could maybe win a first round playoff game. And with this loss the Giants are going to be in a struggle to win nine. They aren’t beating New England. Road games in Chicago and Philly will be anything but easy. So the “gimme” games are Washington (home) and Buffalo (away). Wasn’t Minnesota a “gimme”? A chance to increase their lead to three games was pissed away.
Eli Manning: atrocious game. Sure, maybe blame receivers for running wrong routes and I know it’s not all his fault, but you can’t give the other team 21 points via three interceptions. He looked lost. Coaching staff: awful game planning. Why didn’t Bradshaw have some touches in the first half as a chance of pace? Are they capable of making any in-game adjustments? I think the Vikings’ defense threw something at them after that first successful drive and the Giants never reacted to it. They made the Giants look as if they hadn’t practiced or prepared for the game. The defense, which probably deserves a pass in this one, was put in a hole by their own quarterback. But when given the chance to stop the Vikes when it was 24-10 in the third quarter, they let them go on a long, time consuming, nine minute drive to get the three points right back.
This game may be the beginning of the end for Coughlin. Is going 3-5 in the last eight what Jerry Reese is looking for? You know the answer to that. Yesterday’s poor play and coaching is too reminiscent to the last two years. Erratic. Confused. Lost. Is this how you want your team to be defined in a November home game against a 4-6 team? The team again appears to be fading during the stretch run. They have five games to show something or else Reese will jettison most of this coaching staff and start fresh. It starts next week in Chicago.
